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Batman: The Animated Series Season 1 Episode 39

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AIRED: 11/16/92

High-tech secrets are stolen from Wayne Enterprises and Commissioner Gordon is replaced by a robot look-alike.

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Dull, Terminator rip-off.

4.0

By frostbite200, Aug 02, 2010

I just didn't feel this episode.

I guessed the plot from early on and honestly, I've come to expect more from this show. The whole episode was a let down and the fact it was a two parter really annoys me. There have been so many other episodes that could have used a double episode format rather then just the one twenty minute.

I also found the animation for the walking suit case unfinished.

The plotting was loose and slightly confusing and not in a good way.

it just doesn't need the glorification of a parter let alone a stand alone one.

Disappointing in a lot of ways.moreless
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A supercomputer obsessed with human error tries to take over all of humanity. Underappreaciated episode way... Heart of Steel was erie, mysterious, and kept me guessing.

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By tvdobe, Jun 03, 2006

You need to watch this episode. Nothing compares. Heart of Steel was one of the best B:TAS episodes. The shading was excellent along with the plot. This episode is the creme de la creme of Batman and only had one follow up episode after part two. HARDAC could've returned later in TNBA, but they passed that opporitunity up. Overall, Heart of Steel had it going on. In my eyes, this episode topped Heart of Ice.moreless
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Bob Hastings	Commissioner Jim Gordon
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	Alfred Pennyworth
Kevin Conroy	Bruce Wayne / Batman

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William Sanderson	Karl Rossum	Guest Star
Leslie Easterbrook	Randa Duane	Guest Star
Brock Peters	Lucius Fox	Recurring Role
Melissa Gilbert	Barbara Gordon	Recurring Role
Jeff Bennett	HARDAC	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (3)
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- Bruce: Well, since you won't tell me what you're working on, Karl, maybe I can charm the details out of your lovely assistant?
  Randa: Well... you can try...
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- Alfred: Sound as if the human race will become quite expendable. Except for butlers, of course.
  Batman: Of course.
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- Alfred: I do wish you wouldn't be so rough with your toys, Master Bruce.
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- This episode is episode 10 on the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2 DVD.
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- The license plate on Randa Duane's auto-driving car is "RUR", another nod to the Capek play.
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- This episode marks the first appearance of Barbara Gordon.
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- HARDAC is an acronym for "Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digital Computer."
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- William Sanderson (Karl Rossum) also played the role of sympathetic android worker J.F. Sebastian in the SF classic Blade Runner.
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- The name of the character "Karl Rossum" is almost certainly a nod to "Rossum's Universal Robots", the 1921 Karl Capek play that gave us the word "robot". Robot comes from the Czech word 'robota', which originally referred to time spend working without remuneration on a nobleman's fields -- peasants were required to do this work.
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- Cybertron:
  
  While Cybertron is a company in Batman TAS, Cybertron is a planet to robots called Autobots and Decepticons (among other names) in the Transformers series. Ironically, this episode also has something to do with robots.
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- Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
  
  The front of the HARDAC computer is clearly influenced by the HAL computer of Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey (i.e., menacing, red-eye panel and a calm, stoic voice).
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